I concur with the sentiments expressed by Kim Petram (Oct. 14 Herald) regarding the denigrating of neighborhoods by the building of the multi-unit housing structures.

One additional point that disturbs me greatly applies to all the areas surrounding these structures. With a one car garage provided with each residential unit and the expectation of street parking filling in for families having two cars (as most do), just how long will it be before the one car garage fills up with the detritus of life ... toys, equipment, supplies, leaving no room for the one car, thus putting that car out on the street.

Expand this to the eight units in one of these structures and figure that each household has not one, but two automobiles and voila! You now have 16 vehicles on the street where few if any had been parked on the street before the structures went up. When will long-time homeowner neighbors begin to take exception to having vehicles parked corner to corner on their block? What will this do to the neighborhood relations as time goes on and the long time surrounding single-family dwelling owners no longer have curb space in front of their homes?

If we can't stop the building of these multi-unit dwellings, can we at least somehow require they provide additional parking on the property for vehicle overflow instead of putting it on the streets?

Martha Callard

Fauntleroy